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How Ferguson, Mo.’s Power Structure Lagged Behind Racial Shift

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Dante Chinni

Aug 13, 2014 12:13 pm ET

The racial strains on display in Ferguson, Mo., since the killing of an African-American teenager by police this weekend are not new to Americans. But Ferguson, a small suburb in metro St. Louis, has some additional factors playing into its current rise in tensions – including big changes in its population not matched by shifts in its power structure.